
Our first wines were Cabernet and Sauvignon blanc in 1983, but we have now concentrated our efforts on a very ageworthy Margaux-type blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet franc and Petit Verdot, all grown here on the 25 acre parcel where we live. “Estate Bottled” is an important definition for us, meaning that we grow all the grapes on land we own and make and bottle the wine here with our own workers, totally free from outside influences.
菲力托尼的第一款酒是1983年份的卡本內蘇維濃與白蘇維濃。但是現在更專注於釀製極具陳年潛力的瑪歌風格酒款,皆用在25英畝自家莊園的卡本內蘇維濃/梅洛/卡本內弗朗/小維鐸所釀製。”莊園內裝瓶”對此莊園而言是不可妥協的原則,證明了所有的酒都是自採自釀,一直到裝瓶都不假手外人,完全不受到外界任何因素影響破壞原有風味。
There are three owners, Birgitta and Philip Togni, recently joined by their daughter Lisa. Birgitta specializes in the vineyard. Philip is a former student of Emile Peynaud at the University of Bordeaux where he earned the Diplôme National d’Oenologie many years ago while working as assistant Régisseur at Château Lascombes. Lisa, holding an MBA, with a background in the wine Trade, has done harvests at Château Léoville-Barton and in . Her plan is to take over the business during the next few years.
莊園由一家三人共有。柏姬達與菲力‧托尼夫婦,還有他們的女兒麗莎。柏姬達負責管理葡萄園;而釀酒師菲力曾在波爾多大學跟隨埃密培諾學習,取得釀酒學位。後來也在著名的拉康柏堡協助經營。麗莎具有紅酒貿易實務經驗以及企管碩士學位,且在波爾多的萊歐巴頓堡與澳洲參與過葡萄採收。預計往後幾年逐漸接手莊園並主導整體業務方向。
Most of the 2000 case annual production is sold to a mailing list on a first-come basis. Part of each offering is a very limited amount of the Cabernet made ten years earlier, as an illustration of the ageworthiness of our wine. The balance is split between a broad but thin presence in many of the well known wine stores in the , and a definite presence in almost all European countries together with the principle Asian markets.
酒莊每年總共2000箱的產量大部分賣給郵寄名單上的直客,而且先搶先贏。每年他們會釋出非常少量10個年份前釀製的卡本內,來展示出其酒款極佳的陳年潛力。除去給直客的部分,剩下些微的量就分到美國本地的著名酒專,大部分歐洲國家,以及亞洲的主要市場。
One of our recent tasting achievements was in Brussels where the most noted professional panel in the country twice ranked our 1990 Cabernet above eleven other Bordeaux and California Cabernets of 1990 including Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion and Mouton.
這個酒莊曾在歐盟首都布魯塞爾舉辦的大型專業品酒會上,兩度以1990年份的卡本內壓倒其他11間頂級波爾多與加州酒莊,包括五大的拉圖堡/瑪歌堡/歐布里昂堡/木桐堡。 |